July 9, 2026

Shawn Murphy, top-ranked ILB, has noticed Ohio State football’s surging 2022 class – Buckeyes Recruiting roundup


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Shawn Murphy of Unity Reed High School in Virginia is keeping his options open when it comes to choosing where he will end up at the next level, and one of those options could be the Ohio State football program. The Class of 2022 five-star from Manassas, Virginia, is the No. 18 overall player in the nation, and the top-ranked ILB, according to the 247sports.com composite. He has amassed 44 offers from a who’s who of college football royalty, including, Alabama, Ohio State and nearly every major program. Murphy is keen on exploring all of his avenues, including visiting a multitude of different schools and conferences along the way. “I want to make big tours – SEC, ACC, some PAC-12 and Big Ten,” Murphy told cleveland.com. His wishes have been hampered, at least for now, by the coronavirus pandemic and its ramifications with the extension of the…

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